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UK takes major step towards membership of Trans-Pacific free trade area

By 2 Mins Read

On 9 September 2020, the Department for International Trade (DIT) announced that the UK has taken a major step in the process of joining CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership), one of the world’s largest and most dynamic free trade areas. The press release stated in part: International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, alongside the current chair of the CPTPP Commission, Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Márquez, opened discussions between senior UK trade officials and…

US – USTR seeks input to compile the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers

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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), through the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), publishes the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report) each year. On September 10, 2020, USTR published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket Number USTR–2020–0034] that invites comments to assist it and the TPSC in identifying significant barriers to US exports of goods and services, U.S. foreign direct investment, and the protection and enforcement of…

US – Commerce extends comment period on proposed rulemaking to allow rebuttal submissions

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On September 10, 2020, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, published in the Federal Register a document extending the comment period for the proposed rule entitled “Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws,” which was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2020, solely to allow parties the opportunity to submit rebuttal comments. During the extension period, parties may only submit rebuttals to comments that were…

President Trump lowers quantitative limits on Brazilian steel

By 3 Mins Read

In Proclamation 10064 of August 28, 2020 – Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States (published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2020), President Trump reduced the quantitative limitation for steel imports from Brazil for the remainder of 2020. The Secretary of Commerce reported that the United States steel market has contracted in 2020. After increasing in 2018 and 2019, steel shipments by domestic producers through June of this year are approximately 15…

US – CBP issues guidance on Tranche 3 ($200 billion action)

By 4 Mins Read

On September 1, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #43828656 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Tranche 3 – $200B Product Exclusions and Technical Amendments, which provides guidance on the product exclusions and technical amendments to Tranche 3 announced by the US Trade Representative in the August 24, 2020 Federal Register. It is reproduced below: Background On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 52188, announcing additional product exclusions and technical amendments…

US – USTR grants additional product exclusion extensions for Tranche 4A ($300 billion action)

By 2 Mins Read

On August 28, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) posted a notice to be published in the Federal Register that extends eighty-seven Tranche 4A ($300 billion action) product exclusions from September 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, as set out in the Annexes to the notices. USTR has issued eight notices of product exclusions under this action. These exclusions are scheduled to expire on September 1, 2020. On June 26 (85 FR 38482),…

US – CBP issues updated guidance on Sec. 301 Large Civil Aircraft Dispute

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On August 27, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #43784137 – UPDATED GUIDANCE: Modification of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. World Trade Organization (WTO) Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute. The text is identical to CSMS #43762405 – GUIDANCE: Modification of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. World Trade Organization (WTO) Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute except that it includes a revised list of affected products (LCA 2020 Table chart 20200825.pdf). Subheadings 0406.90.99 (added) and…

US – CBP issues guidance on Sec. 301 Large Civil Aircraft Dispute

By 4 Mins Read

On August 25, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #43762405 – GUIDANCE: Modification of Section 301 Action: Enforcement of U.S. World Trade Organization (WTO) Rights in Large Civil Aircraft Dispute, which is reproduced below: Background On October 18, 2019, the USTR imposed additional duties on certain products of the European Union (EU) and certain EU member States in this Section 301 investigation to enforce U.S. WTO rights in the Large Civil Aircraft (LCA) Dispute. See 84 FR…

US – USTR to grant additional product exclusions for the $200 billion action (Tranche 3)

By 2 Mins Read

On August 24, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative will publish in the Federal Register a notice that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusions and make technical amendments to previously announced exclusions. The product exclusions will apply from September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020. The amendments announced in this notice are retroactive to the date the original exclusions were published and do not extend the period for the original exclusions.…

US – USTR modifies $7.5 Billion WTO award implementation relating to illegal Airbus subsidies [updated]

By 5 Mins Read

On August 12, 2020, the US Trade Representative (USTR) issued a press release stating that, as required by U.S. law, the USTR is issuing a modification to the list of products subject to WTO-authorized additional duties in the United States’ successful WTO challenge to subsidies for large civil aircraft provided by the European Union, France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. USTR is removing from the tariff list certain products from Greece and the United…